Re: open source alternatives to Quicken

["Derek Atkins" <user=54@nabble.blu.org>]

 Jerry Feldman <[hidden email]> writes: 

> On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:10:12 -0500 
> "Charles C. Bennett, Jr." <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> 
>> Journaling too much in the software sense of the word, not the 
>> accounting sense.  There appears to be a backup file after every save. 
>> These pile up after a while and can make it ugly when you need to 
>> actually find one and revert. 
> 
> Sounds like VMS :-) 

How many days of backups GnuCash keeps is a user tweakable preference. 
The default is (IIRC) 30 days, but you can turn it down as low as 1 
day.   Note that keeping backups and logs is a GOOD thing.  It's 
saved many a person from accidental data loss (including myself). 

-derek 

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